37.1 composite · lower is better
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Chuck Cooper
Chuck Cooper advanced stats and career rankings
41.8 average league finish
331 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Chuck Cooper ranks #406 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #32.0. His full-career value ranks #970, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Chuck Cooper's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Chuck Cooper ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
Best in the league
Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
Career Composite37.1
Equal average of Best 3, Prime 5, and Best 10 league finishes. The overlapping windows make this explicitly peak-weighted. Lower is better.
- Best 3 weight
- 63.3%
- Score
- 37.1
- Qualified seasons
- 6
- All-time rank
- #406
Strongest seasons
Every season
Chuck Cooper advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MP | Era-centered box impact | Impact Rate | Rate rank | Season Value | Value percentile | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–56Historical Defense Estimate | FTW/STL | 29 | 67 | 1,144 | -1.60 | 25.3 | #57 | 10.3 | 24th | Modeled |
| 1954–55Historical Defense Estimate | MLH | 28 | 70 | 1,749 | -0.47 | 50.0 | #39 | 56.0 | 50th | Modeled |
| 1953–54Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 27 | 70 | 1,101 | -1.99 | 22.0 | #65 | 0.3 | 22nd | Modeled |
| 1952–53Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 26 | 70 | 1,994 | -1.07 | 41.5 | #56 | 36.5 | 45th | Modeled |
| 1951–52Historical Defense Estimate | BOS | 25 | 66 | 1,976 | +0.10 | 60.0 | #39 | 86.3 | 63rd | Modeled |
| 1950–51legacy estimate | BOS | 24 | 66 | 1,950 | +1.64 | 83.7 | #18 | 141.6 | 83rd | Modeled |
Career movement
Chuck Cooper's career impact by season
Peak +1.64 in 1950–51 · 6 seasons · 9,914 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. This is separate from the current lineup-context ranking.
Era-centered box impactMinutesModeled estimate
Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
Compare the shape, not the calendar
Align by NBA experience to compare season one with season one, or by age to compare players at the same stage of life.
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